Films
Through a series of documentary films, video interviews and recorded talks, Exposing the Invisible captures different techniques, tools and most importantly the mindset and motivation of those working at the new frontiers of investigation.
Films
Carlotta Indiano - “Trying to have a community”
Exposing the Invisible talks to Carlotta Indiano about her transition from environmental activist...
Gavin Rees - "Trauma is an interesting word for journalists"
Exposing the Invisible talks to Gavin Rees about the many sources of trauma in journalism, how to...
Lyubov Rakovytsia - “A great field for manipulation”
Exposing the Invisible talks to journalist Lyubov Rakovytsia about the heavy toll of reporting...
Inga Springe - “I can really change things”
Exposing the Invisible talks to investigative journalist Inga Springe about the urge and power to...
Janine Louloudi - “Never stop searching"
Exposing the Invisible talks to journalist Janine Louloudi about data investigations into complex...
Luca Mazzali - “It's not just cartography"
Exposing the Invisible talks to Italian cartographer and researcher Luca Mazzali about the...
Mercy Abang – "The media is biased"
Exposing the Invisible talks to journalist Mercy Abang about collaboration as the key to...
Collaborative Journalism: Strategies to mitigate risk and frustration
Collaborative journalism sounds cool, but collaborating with
others may turn out not to be as...
Don’t Gamble Your Safety! How journalists and activists can assess risks online and in the field
This webinar addresses challenges that arise when crossing the
often invisible lines between...
How To Deal With Disinformation During War. An investigative and fact-checking perspective
In these times of war and increasing disinformation campaigns, the
work of both fact-checkers and...
Information Security Starts In Your Head
How can journalists and other evidence seekers address digital
vulnerabilities? Digital human...
Using Open Data to Assess the Local Impact of Global Warming
Global warming is not only about melting icebergs or expanding
deserts, it happens in our...
Verifying Footage from Ukraine: Open-source methods, tips and tools
Are you reporting on conflicts and collecting evidence from war
areas like Ukraine? Do you want...
From the Ashes to Europe's Audience. The Creation of 'The Logbook of Moria'
The investigators behind “The Logbook of Moria” project share
insights into the methodology and...
Investigating in South Asia: Skills, tips and challenges
Three investigators share their experiences and offer insights into
their work and lessons...
How We Investigated Personal Finance Apps: Methods, tips and challenges
The investigators behind "The Depth of Your Virtual Purse: What do
fintech apps know about you?"...
Collaborative Investigation
Collaboration can save your life, or uncover a great deal
Crowdsourcing and Collaboration
Sometimes it takes a crowd to get to the core of issues.
Data in Investigations
Data can tell stories, if we learn to “listen”
Framing Citizen Investigations
How does one start to become an investigator? Where is the
borderline between being interested...
Investigation is Perseverance
Investigations require lots of new ways to approach questions,
information, people...
Networking
The importance of networking across borders, topics and views
Organisations and Initiatives
Organisations and institutions that conduct and support investigations
Safety
Risk is inherited
From My Point of View
The second episode in the series, 'From My Point of View', rather thanlooking at professional...
Unseen War
Exploring the physical, moral and political invisibility of US drone warfare in Pakistan.
Working with visual evidence
An interview with Hadi Al Khatib discussing methods of gathering visual evidence from social...
Hacking Social Systems: Opera calling
Carmen and Doma discuss hacking and misusing closed systems through finding ways of using systems...
M.C. McGrath: Watching the watchers
M.C. talks about using open data to understand the intelligence sector and why he chooses to...
The Project
Hadi Al Khatib, founding member of The Syrian Archive, discusses why it continues to be important...
Jesus Robles Maloof: The power of conviction
Jesus Robles Maloof talks to us about the conviction needed to do the work he does, against a...
James Bridle: Abracadabra algorithms
James Bridle is a writer, artist and technologist from London currentlyliving in Athens. In this...
James Bridle: Hidden in plane sight
Planes appear many times in James's work, either as the artistic objects that carry particular...
!Mediengruppe Bitnik: Artfully asking questions
In this short video they talk about using art as a space for reflection and to ask questions...
Living in Messy Times
In this video Carmen and Doma talk about the environment in which they are operating in and how...
Losing Control: Delivery for Mr. Assange
Carmen and Doma discuss why losing control is an important aspect of their work through their...
Anonymity: Random Darknet shopper
This video looks at one of the most popular projects that Mediengruppe Bitnik has worked on with...
James Bridle: Algorithmic citizenship
Through his project Citizen Ex James questions thecurrent notion of citizenship and instead...
James Bridle: Five Eyes
James Bridle is a writer, artist and technologist from London currentlyliving in Athens. 'Five...
James Bridle: Seamless transitions
An interview with James Bridle in conjunction with his work "Seamless Transitions."
James Bridle: The role of the visual
James discusses how he uses visuals to not only show something that hasn't been seen before but...
James Bridle: Beyond the binary
In this video interview, James Bridle discusses the internet asa unconsciously generated tool for...
Ingrid Burrington: Tactical cartography
Ingrid Burrington talks about growth of Occupy movement, why she got involved, how we look at...
M.C. McGrath: Activists and online activity
M.C. suggests tips and techniques for activists to be safer online through lessons he's learned...
M.C. McGrath, The making of IC Watch
M.C. focuses on the processes and methodology behind making ICWATCH. He talks about the insertion...
M.C. McGrath: Accidental leaking and other types of open data
M.C. proposes three main ways that individuals and groups can get data from governments and...
M.C. McGrath: Using the tool
M.C. introduces the tool ICWATCH. This video focuses on how the tool can be used, what data it...
Mari Bastashevski: From gigabytes to stories
Finding treasure troves of documents within data dumps.
Mari Bastashevski: "Enjoy the labour, never the fruits"
In this interview Mari uses the phrase "You are only entitled to the labour, not the fruits of...
Mari Bastashevski: Modes of operating
In this first interview with Mari, she talks about her practices and processes of her work which...
Mari Bastashevski: Observe the unobservable
Artist and investigator Mari Bastashevski about photography at the boundaries of secrecy.
Our Currency is Information
Our currency is Information is the first episode of the documentary film series Exposing the...
Brett Scott: Economic explorer
Brett explored the inner workings of the financial sector from the trading room floor, before...
Lydia Medland: From freedom of information to genuine accountability
Lydia has worked with Spain-based Access Info for several years, working to promote a stronger...
Niccolo: Retro-engineering conflict
Niccolo Figa-Talamanca works specifically on conflict mapping, a
practice that tries to tell...
Rahul Bhargava: How stories move
Tips on how to work with Big Data using new tools, explains why the notion of “completeness” in a...
Smari McCarthy: Making data speak
Smari McCarthy talks about how to work with data to create knowledge from information, how when...